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Something that is taught early for projects to be successful is to review your critical path. This is the pathway that must succeed for the project to be successful. As such, it is the focus of your efforts in the projec...

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Something I have liked doing every time I get a resume across my desk is to review what I see and note corrections. I also regularly review my own resume for faults and update it with what I have found to be current tren...

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While reviewing my LinkedIn feed, I came across this infographic and upon reading it I thought about how easy it is to have graphics like this mislead unconfident managers astray. So, I want to take a moment to really di...

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First, if you are just jumping in here, I do recommend going back and reviewing the first parts of the Coaching 101 posts before starting at this point. This section has really been a full set of frameworks to get you to...

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For the second part of the coaching posts, let's review the conversation itself that you will need to have with your team members. If you missed part one, it is highly recommended you read it first before moving onto thi...

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Previously, I had posted in the Management Series on firing and how that is one of the things most managers do very wrong. Tied very closely to firing will be how the situation got there in the first place, at least in m...

","url":"https://strategicmindset.ca/blog-about-strategies/f/managing-coaching-101---back-to-school---part-1","title":"Managing: Coaching 101 - Back to School - Part 1","summary":"Previously, I had posted in the Management Series on firing and how that is one of the things most managers do very wrong. Tied very closely to firing will be how the situation got there in the first place, at least in m...","date_modified":"2022-10-09T14:27:07Z"},{"id":"https://strategicmindset.ca/blog-about-strategies/f/managing-the-heat-of-firing","html_content":"

Switching the topic from positives to negatives for a moment. One of the largest concerns that many managers have is concerns over letting team members go.

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In management, you may have heard of the emotional bank, or \"favour bank\" where you are to build up some positive favours you have done, or favourable emotional reaction to yourself so that you may in turn use this posit...

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As stated in the \"Setting the Stage\" blog post, there was one major topic that was not included in that blog post and that was on purpose. This topic is so big that it needed its own post. And the title gives away what t...

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Congratulations! You are a manager. You have succeeded to the next level and have others that need your guidance to succeed as well. You are in charge of making sure this group of people perform at their very best. And t...

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As you are driving down the street, I am sure you have encountered a poor driver. In fact, if you haven't found anyone that is poorer than yourself on the road, well you may just be the poor driver yourself. But let's as...

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Next in our blogs regarding management I will move onto a point on the first mindset change that a manager should develop to be successful.

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It's challenging to find the right person to manage. So many new managers struggle and fail and it's little wonder why. The problem lies in two main places.

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